LITTLE GARDENS 



tie the stems. Where stakes are used in a garden 

 they should be painted green, that they may 

 show as Httle as possible, and that they may agree 

 with the vegetation when they are seen. If the 

 dahlia never put forth a bud, its rich leafage 

 would make it prized for a hedge, and against its 

 green wall white flowers, such as the hly, agera- 

 tum, centaurea, dianthus, stock and nicotiana 

 show clearly and beautifully. To allow for their 

 spread of leaf the tubers of the dahlia should 

 be placed two feet apart, but an effect of greater 

 solidity is obtained if they are planted in a 

 double row, and the front rank is opened so as 

 to show that in the rear, thus : 



